County Supervisors Convene for Special Meeting to Ratify Proclamation of Fires-Prompted Local Emergency
September 8, 2009 by Catherine Sandstrom
Filed under Current News, Fire/Safety, Government
The Board of Supervisors for San Bernardino County had adjourned their regular Tuesday morning meeting, given the Labor Day holiday, but it turns out that they will be meeting anyway, with a special session called for 10:30am (September 8). Today’s meeting is being held in order to ratify the proclamation of a local emergency, effective September 1st, given last week’s Oak Glen Fire, the Pendleton Fire in Yucaipa, and the threat posed by the Los Angeles-area Station Fire, which now ranks as the 10th largest fire in California since 1932. Today’s meeting will also include a memorial adjournment in honor of Los Angeles County Fire Department Captain Tedmund Hall of Oak Hills in the high desert area of San Bernardino County; Captain Hall and Specialist Arnaldo Quinones of Palmdale lost their lives on August 30 while battling the Station Fire.
Related posts:
- County Supervisors Approve 30 New PCFs for County Fire Department, Fawnskin Appointees to Commission, and Lease Extension for Local Animal Shelter in Yesterday’s Meeting
- San Bernardino County Supervisors Move to Direct Funds to County Fire, and Services to Benefit Victims of Slide and Grass Valley Fires
- San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to Address Two Agenda Items Related to 2007′s Slide and Grass Valley Fires
After graduating from BBHS, Catherine moved to Los Angeles to attend Loyola Marymount University. In her 20 years off the mountain, most recently in Manhattan Beach, Catherine's career has included publishing, broadcasting, public relations and public education; she served as KBHR's News Director from April 2007 to July 2010.
